Eckert's Estate
Citations
- 157 Pa. 585
- 27 A. 781
- 1893 Pa. LEXIS 1453
Syllabus
<p>Will — Construction of— Vested and contingent interest.</p> <p>Testator charged upon land the sum of two thousand dollars, the interest to be paid his daughter Mary during her life. He further directed: “ The principal sum of the said two thousand dollars and all interest that may have accrued thereon and not been used, applied and appropriated to the care, support and maintenance of my said daughter Mary in her lifetime, I give and bequeath upon her death unto my two sons, Gabriel and Peter, their heirs and assigns.” Held, that the sons took vested interests in the sum charged upon the land.</p>
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